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UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT   LOS  ANGELES 


ROBERT  ERNEST  COWAN 


of  the  %ibett^  Gree 


San  tfvancisco,  Bprtl  10, 1804 


'LIBERTY   TREE,"   PLANTED   BY   SEQUOIA    CHAl'TEK,  I).    A.  R.,  AI'RIL  HI,  1894. 

(I'RESENTEIJ    BY    MRS.   JOSEPH     L.    MOODY.) 


CEREMONIES 


planting  of  the  Xiberts  ZIree 


GOLDEN  GATE  PARK 


Sequoia  Cbaptet 

Dauobters  of  tbe  Hmerlcan  Devolution 


APRIL  19,  1894 

The  One  Hundred  and  Nineteenth  Anniversary 
of  the  Battle  of  Lexington 


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1.  Music,     ..........     First  U.  S.  Infantry  Band 

2.  Prayer,    .     .     .    Rt.  Rev.  WILLIAM  FORD  NICHOLS,  D.  D. 

Bishop  of  California. 

3.  Poem—  "Liberty  Tree,"    .    .    By  Mrs.  FRANK  J.  FRENCH 

Read  by  Miss  HATTIE  VANCE  MARTIN. 

4.  Oration,    .......     General  W.  H.  L.  BARNES 

5.  Planting  Tree. 

First  trowelful  of  earth,  gathered  from  Lexington  Battle-field, 
will  be  deposited  by  Mrs.  A.  S.  HUBBAKD,  first  State  Regent 
and  organizer  of  the  Society  D.  A.  R.  in  California. 

Second,  earth  from  the  old  tomb  at  Mount  Vernon,  where 
George  and  Martha  Washington  were  first  buried,  deposited 
by  Mrs.  WILLIAM  ALVOBD,  first  Regent  of  Sequoia  Chapter. 

Third,  earth  from  the  grave  of  Marquis  de  Lafayette,  from 
the  cemetery  at  Picpus,  Paris,  deposited  by  M.  L.  DE  LA- 
LANDE,  Consul  General  de  France,  representing  the  French 
Nation,  with  address. 

Reading  of  Official  French  Documents  by  C.  L.  P.  MABAIS. 

6.  Music  —  "  Marsellaise." 

7.  Earth  deposited  by  State  and  Chapter  Officers,  and  mem- 

bers in  accordance  with  "  List  of  Contributions." 

8.  Music  —  National  Airs. 

Salute 

Battery  D,  Fifth  U.  S.  Artillery,  Captain  DAVID  H.  KINZIE. 

9.  Poem—  "Dolly  Madison  Chapter,  No.  2,  D.  A.  R., 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  Greeting  to  California's  Liberty 
Tree,"  ....     By  Mrs.  SARA  BEAUMONT  KENNEDY 

(of  Memphis,  Tennessee.) 
Read  by  Mrs.  LOUISE  HUMPHBEY  SMITH. 

10.     Benediction. 


290969 


INCEPTION. 


ON  the  9th  of  September,  1893,  the  following  circular  was 

issued : 

SEQUOIA  CHAPTER, 

DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION, 

OP  SAN   FRANCISCO, 

propose  planting,  at  an  early  day,  in  Golden  Gate  Park,  the  nat- 
ural beauties  of  which  are  unsurpassed,  a 
LIBERTY  TREE, 

which  shall  perpetuate  the  name  of  the  Society  in  California,  and 
the  objects  for  which  it  was  organized,  throughout  the  coming  ages. 
The  Sequoia  has  been  selected  for  the  purpose,  and  it  will  be 
placed  in  position  with  appropriate  ceremonies,  probably  dur- 
ing the  Midwinter  Fair  to  be  held  in  this  city.  To  protect  The 
Tree  from  vandalism,  it  will  be  enclosed  in  an  iron  fence,  on  which 
will  be  placed  a  copper  tablet  bearing  the  name  of  the  Society, 
its  aims,  the  names  of  officers  and  members  of  Sequoia  Chapter, 
and  such  further  inscription  as  may  be  determined  upon. 

The  Chapter  desires  contributions  of  soil,  a  few  ounces  only, 
to  be  placed  at  the  roots  of  The  Tree,  taken  from  battle-fields  made 
memorable  in  our  Revolutionary  War,  and  from  near  monu- 
ments, buildings  and  tombs  erected  in  commemoration  of  the  ser- 
vices of  the 


who  have  bequeathed  to  us  our  noble  heritage. 

Will  you  not  assist  in  rendering  this  undertaking  successful  by 
contributing  a  handful  of  earth  taken  from  historic  places  in  your 
vicinity  ?  Thus  shall  California,  having  no  Revolutionary  battle- 
fields throughout  her  broad  domains,  and  geographically  remote 
from  those  on  which  our  forefathers  fought  and  conquered,  en- 
deavor, through  this  symbolic  tree,  to  present  an  object  lesson 
which  shall  foster  true  patriotism,  and  "perpetuate  the  memory 
and  spirit  of  the  men  and  women  who  achieved  American  In- 
dependence." 

Please  give  historical  description  of  contents  of  packages  for- 
warded, together  with  name  of  donor.  The  contribution  will  be 
credited  you  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose,  to  be  deposited  in 
the  archives  of  Sequoia  Chapter. 


6  PLANTING    OP    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

In  response  to  the  circular  the  following  contributions 
were  received: 

CONTRIBUTIONS. 


Soil  from  monument  erected  on  Lexington  battle-field,  to 
mark  the  spot  where  the  Revolutionary  War  commenced. 

—  Contributed    by   MBS.    HARRIETTE   PERRY   STAFFORD, 
Cottage  City,  Mass. 

Soil  from  the  old  tomb  at  Mount  Vernon,  where  Washing- 
ton and  his  wife  were  first  buried. 

—  Contributed   by   MBS.   ADLAI   E.  STEVENSON,    President- 
General  National  Society  D.  A.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Marquis  de  Lafayette,  from  the  cemetery 
at  Picpus,  Paris,  France. 

—  Contributed  by  the  FRENCH  GOVERNMENT,  and  received 
through  the  courtesy  of  M.  Reynal,  Minister  of  the  Interior  and 
M.  L.  de  Lalande,  Consul-General  de  France,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Mary  Ball  Washington,  the  mother  of 
the  "  Father  of  his  Country,"  from  the  spot  chosen  by 
herself  on  her  own  home  plantation,  "  Kenmore,"  near 
Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  also,  piece  of  the  old  monument 
erected  to  her  memory,  the  corner-stone  of  which  was  laid 
by  General  Andrew  Jackson,  President  of  the  United 
States,  May  7, 1833. 

—  Contributed  by  her  great-great-granddaughter,  Miss  EUGENIA 
WASHINGTON,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  National  Society  D. 
A.  R, 

Soil  from  tomb  of  the  11,500  martyrs  of  the  prison  ships; 
also,  from  grave  of  the  patriot  Benjamin  Romaine,  on 
Fort  Greene,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  who  caused  the  bones  of 
these  faithful  men  to  be  gathered  from  the  shores  of  the 
Wallabout,  where  they  were  thrown  by  the  brutal  British 
guards  as  soon  as  life  left  their  bodies,  and  placed  in  a 
vault  in  ground  purchased  by  himself  for  that  purpose, 
and  where  they  remained  until  a  few  years  ago,  when 
they  were  removed  by  the  authorities  of  Brooklyn  to 


STATUE    OF    COLONKL     PRESCOTT     AT    BUNKER     HILL. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  7 

their  present  resting-place  on  Fort  Greene,  now  Wash- 
ington Park,  of  Revolutionary  history. 

—  Contributed  by  the  SOCIETY   OP  OLD    BROOKLYNITES, 
New  York,  through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Charles  C.  Leigh,  Vice- 
President. 

Soil  from  grave  and  monument  of  Ethan  Allen. 

—  Contributed  by  MBS.  T.  S.  PECK,  Hon.  Regent  for  Vermont. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  Monticello  Mountain, 
Va. 

—  Contributed  by  MBS.  F.  BERGER  MORAN,  Charlottesville.Va. 

Soil  from  trenches  of  Valley  Forge ;  also,  from  Paoli  battle- 
field, and  from  the  birthplace  of  General  Anthony 
Wayne. 

—  Contributed   by   MRS.    ROSA   WRIGHT   SMITH,    Registrar- 
General,  and  MBS.  MARY  W.  WOOTEN,  Registrar  New  York 
City  Chapter,  great-grand  nieces  of  Captain  Philip  Slaughter,  of 
Virginia. 

Earth  from  Yorktown  (Va.)  battle-field. 

—  Contributed    by    MRS.    MARSHALL     MACDONALD,    Vice- 
President-General  National  Society  D.  A.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Soil  from  Groton  Monument,  the  oldest  Revolutionary 
monument  in  America,  the  corner-stone  of  which  was  laid 
in  1826,  and  completed  in  1830 ;  erected  to  the  memory 
of  the  brave  patriots  who  fell  in  the  massacre  at  Fort 
Griswold,  near  the  spot  where,  on  September  6,  1781,  the 
British,  under  command  of  the  traitor  Benedict  Arnold, 
burned  the  towns  of  New  London  and  Groton,  and  spread 
desolation  and  woe  throughout  the  region.  Among  the 
eighty-five  persons  killed  on  that  bloody  day,  nine  bor6 
the  name  of  Avery. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  HELEN  AVERY,  Groton,  Conn. 

Earth  from  Bunker  Hill  Monument,  Charlestown,  Mass., 
the  corner-stone  of  which  was  laid  by  Lafayette  June  17, 
1825,  and  from  the  spot  where  General  Joseph  Warren 
fell,  at  the  battle  fought  June  17,  1775;  also  earth  from 
the  breastworks  and  pieces  of  cement  taken  out  of  the 
seams  of  the  monument  when  it  was  repointed  in  1882. 

—  Contributed  by  the  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  BUNKER  HILL 
MONUMENT  ASSOCIATION,  Charlestown,  Mass. 


8  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Earth  from  grave  of  William  French,  Westminster,  Vt. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  C.  C.  BURDETT,  State  Regent  D.  A.  R. 
for  Vermont. 

"  The  first  blood  shed  in  our  Revolution  has  been  commonly  supposed  to  have 
been  shed  at  Lexington,  April  19, 1775;  but  Westminster,  Vermont,  files  a  prior 
claim,  in  favor  of  William  French,  who,  it  is  asserted,  was  killed  on  the  night  of 
March  13, 1775,  at  the  King's  Court  House,  in  what  is  now  Westminster.  At  that 
time  Vermont  was  a  part  of  New  York,  and  the  King's  Court  officers,  together 
with  a  body  of  troops,  were  sent  on  to  Westminster,  to  hold  the  usual  session  of 
the  court.  The  people,  however,  were  exasperated,  and  assembled  in  the  Court 
House  to  resist.  A  little  before  midnight,  the  troops  of  George  the  Third 
advanced  and  fired  indiscriminately  upon  the  crowd,  instantly  killing  William 
French,  whose  head  was  pierced  by  a  musket-ball.  He  was  buried  in  the 
churchyard,  and  a  stone  erected  to  his  memory  with  this  quaint  inscription: 

'  In  Memory  of  William  French, 
who  was  shot  at  Westminster,  March  y«  twelfth  1775, 
by  the  hand  of  the  cruel  Ministerial  Tools  of  George  y«  Third, 
at  the  Court  House,  at  11  o'clock  at  night, 

in  the  22nd  year  of  his  age. 
Here  William  French  his  body  lies, 
For  Murder  his  Blood  for  Vengeance  cries. 
King  George  the  Third  his  Tory  Crew 
Tha  with  a  bawl  his  head  shot  threw, 
For  Liberty  and  his  Country's  good 
He  lost  his  life  his  Dearest  Blood.' " 

Soil  from  monument  erected  in  1779  to  the  memory  of  the 
"  first  eight  victims  of  British  Tyranny  and  Oppression  — 
Ensign  Robert  Monroe,  Jonas  Parker,  Samuel  Hadley, 
Jonathan  Harrington,  Jr.,  Isaac  Muzzy,  Caleb  Harring- 
ton, Asahel  Porter,  and  John  Brown." 

Soil  from  the  grave  of  Mary  Monroe,  who  witnessed  the 
first  Revolutionary  conflict,  and  who  died  October  15, 
1852,  at  the  age  of  105  years  and  4  days. 

Piece  of  the  cannon  used  April  19, 1775,  still  standing  on 
Lexington  battle-field. 

Soil  from  Concord  battle-field. 

Flowers  gathered  from  the  graves  of  Revolutionary  soldiers 
on  battle-field. 

Soil  from  Craddock  House,  Medford,  Mass.,  believed  to  be 
the  oldest  house  in  the  United  States  retaining  its  origi- 
nal form. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  H  ARRIETTE  R.  PERRY  STAFFORD,  of 
Cottage  City,  Mass.,  the  owner  of  the  original  "  Paul  Jones  Flag," 
the  first  flag  bearing  the  stars  and  stripes  ever  hoisted  over  an 
American  vessel,  and  the  first  to  be  saluted  by  a  foreign  power. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Sergeant  Lawrence  Everhart  in  the 
Middletown  (Maryland)  Cemetery,  who  was  born  May  6, 
1755,  and  died  August  6,  1840,  in  the  86th  year  of  his 
age,  and  who  served  from  the  beginning  to  the  close  of 


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ON   CONCORD    BATTLE-fi ROUND  —  THE   AMERICAN   POSITION. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  9 

the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was  the  rescuer  of  Washing- 
ton at  the  battle  of  Cowpens,  and  at  the  battle  of  Brandy- 
wine,  when  Lafayette  was  wounded,  he,  with  Sergeant 
Wallace,  rescued  him  from  his  perilous  position,  and 
carried  him  about  two  miles  to  the  house  of  a  friend. 
He  was  later  ordained  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  by  Bishop  Asbury,  in  1808. 

—  Contributed  by  C.  W.  HOFFMAN,  LL.  D.,  Frederick,  Md. 

Soil  from  grave  of  General  Roger  Nelson,  patriot  and 
statesman,  who  served  throughout  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, in  the  Maryland  Line.  He  distinguished  himself 
at  the  battles  of  Cowpens,  Camden,  Guilford  Court  House, 
and  Eutaw  Springs,  and  was  present  at  the  surrender  at 
Yorktown.  Being  still  a  young  man  at  the  close  of  the 
war,,  he  became  eminent  at  the  bar,  in  the  halls  of 
National  Congress,  and  was  elevated  to  the  bench  of  his 
State,  from  which  he  resigned  a  few  months  before  his 
untimely  death,  which  resulted  from  the  wounds  received 
in  battle.  He  died  June  7,  1815. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Colonel  John  Lynn,  in  Mount  Olivet 
Cemetery,  Frederick,  Md.,  who  served  his  country  through- 
out the  war,  and  who  greatly  distinguished  himself  at  the 
battle  of  Camden. 

Soil  from  Braddock's  Spring,  on  the  National  Turnpike, 
Frederick  County,  Md.,  where  General  Braddock  halted 
his  army  and  drank  of  the  water  of  the  spring,  on  his 
march  to  Fort  Du  Quesne  in  1775.  George  Washington 
was  at  that  time  General  Braddock's  Aide-de-Camp. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Francis  Scott  Key,  in  Mount  Olivet 
Cemetery,  Frederick,  Md.,  author  of  the  immortal  ode, 
"  The  Star  Spangled  Banner." 

Soil  from  site  of  the  Old  Court  House  where  the  Stamp  Act 
was  declared  unconstitutional,  and  ignored  by  the  Fred- 
erick County  (Maryland)  Court,  18th  to  23d  of  November, 
1765,  eleven  years  before  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence; the  first  step  taken  by  an  organized  body  in  resist- 
ance to  British  authority. 

—  Contributed  by  Mrs.  B.  H.  M.  RITCHIE,   Regent  Frederick 
Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  Frederick,  Md. 


10  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Soil  from  tomb  of  James  K.  Polk,  where  has  reposed 
for  half  a  century  the  body  of  the  eleventh  President  of 
the  United  States. 

Soil  from  General  Andrew  Jackson's  tomb,  who  died  June 
8, 1845;  born  March  15, 1767. 

—  Contributed  by  LADIES'  HERMITAGE  ASSOCIATION,  Nash- 
ville, Tenn. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Thomas  Johnson,  first  Governor  of 
Maryland,  who  nominated  George  Washington  for  Coin- 
mander-in-Chief  of  the  Army. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  ANN  G.  ROSS,  Frederick,  Md. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Roger  Brook  Taney,  fifth  Chief  Justice 
of  the  United  States,  born  in  Calvert  County,  Md.,  March 
17, 1777,  died  at  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  October 
12, 1864,  aged  87  years;  buried  in  a  secluded  spot  in  the 
old  Catholic  graveyard  in  the  rear  of  the  Novitiate  of 
Frederick,  Md. 

—  Contributed   by   MBS.    HENRIETTA   MARIA   WILLIAMS, 
Frederick,  Md. 

Earth  from  graves  of  General  Otho  Holland  Williams 
and  Colonel  John  Eager  Howard,  distinguished  officers 
of  the  Maryland  Line,  Continental  Army,  and  from 
grave  of  Hon.  Thomas  Smyth,  Member  of  the  Maryland 
Convention,  1774  to  1776,  and  of  the  "Committee  of 
Public  Safety"  Kent  County,  Md.  Died  March,  1819. 
Buried  in  estate  Kent. 

—  Contributed  by  MBS.  REGINA  M.  KNOTT,  State  Regent  D.  A. 
R.  for  Maryland. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Moses  Arnold,  Braintree,  Mass.,  corporal 
in  an  "  Independent  Company  of  Minute-Men "  who 
served  in  the  defense  of  Boston. 

—  Contributed  by  his  great-great-granddaughter,  MRS.  ELISHA 
MAY,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Soil  and  piece  of  wall  from  Fort  Ticonderoga,  N.  Y. ;  also, 
soil  from  the  graves  of  Colonel  Gideon  Brownson,  one  of 
the  famous  "Green  Mountain  Boys,"  and  Colonel  Eli 
Brownson. 

—  Contributed  by  his   great-great-granddaughter,  MRS.  JESSE 
BURDETT,  State  Regent  for  Vermont. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  11 

Soil  from  tomb  of  John  Hancock,  in  the  old  Granary  Burial- 
Ground,  Boston,  where  are  buried  two  other  Signers  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  Samuel  Adams  and 
Robert  Treat  Paine.  The  victims  of  the  Boston  Massacre 
(March  5,  1770),  and  the  father  and  mother  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  are  also  buried  there. 

Soil  from  the  "  Old  Elm  "  on  Boston  Common. 

—  Contributed  by  DK.  SAMUEL  A.  GREEN,  Maes.  Hist.  Society, 
Boston,  Mass. 

Earth  taken  from  Fort  Putnam,  an  earthen  and  masonry 
work,  erected  in  1778  on  a  commanding  hill  in  rear  of 
the  plateau,  under  the  direction  of  Colonel  Rufus  Putnam, 
in  whose  honor  it  was  named  by  the  men  of  the  regiment 
he  then  commanded,  the  Fifth  Massachusetts.  Occupied 
by  the  Continental  troops  throughout  the  War. 

Earth  from  Fort  Clinton,  an  earthen  and  masonry  work, 
erected  on  the  edge  of  the  bluff  above  the  turn  in  the 
river  by  the  Continental  troops  in  1778  ;  originally  named 
Fort  Arnold  and  changed  to  Fort  Clinton  in  1780,  after 
the  desertion  of  General  Arnold.  Occupied  by  the  Con- 
tinental troops  until  the  close  of  the  War. 

Earth  from  Battery  Knox,  an  earthen  redoubt  built  on  the 
high  bank  of  the  river,  below  the  level  of  the  bluff  and 
to  the  south  of  Fort  Clinton,  of  which  it  was  an  outwork. 

Earth  from  graves  of  Dominick  Trant,  Ensign  Ninth  Mas- 
sachusetts Regiment,  died  November  7,  1782  ;  Alexander 
Thompson,  Captain  Corps  of  Artillery,  died  September  28, 
1809;  John  Lillie,  Aide-de-Camp  to  General  Knox  and 
Captain  Corps  of  Artillery,  died  September  22,  1801 ; 
Roger  Alden,  Captain  2d  Connecticut  Regiment,  died 
November  5,  1836, — all  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  West 
Point,  N.  Y. 

—  Contributed  by  J.  M.  CARSON,  JR.,  First  Lieutenant  Fifth  Cav- 
alry, Adjutant,  West  Point,  N.  Y. 

Earth  taken  from  State  House  in  Annapolis,  Md.,  then  cap- 
ital of  the  country  and  Washington's  headquarters. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  GEORGE  H.  SHIELDS,  Washington,  D.  C. 


12  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Earth  from  grave  (in  Sleepy  Hollow  Cemetery,  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y.,)  of  Captain  Thaddeus  Avery,  of  Westchester 
County,  N.  Y.,  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution;  also,  from 
grave  of  Elizabeth  Avery,  wife  of  Captain  Thaddeus 
Avery,  and  daughter  of  Captain  John  Underbill,  a  Revo- 
lutionary heroine  "  whose  daring  deed  of  fortitude  saved 
to  the  Continental  army  the  silver  sinews  of  war — the 
money-chests  containing  all  the  coin  which  lay  between 
the  army  and  pauperism." 

—  Contributed  by  their  granddaughter,  MRS.  R.  OGDEN  DORE- 
MUS,  Regent  of  New  York  City  Chapter. 

Earth  from  graves  of  Patrick  Henry  and  Dorothea  Dan- 
dridge,  his  wife,  buried  side  by  side  in  the  garden  at  Red 
Hill,  the  seat  of  Patrick  Henry. 

—  Contributed  by  MBS.  MILDRED  S.  MATHES,  State  Regent 
D.  A.  R.  for  Tennessee,  great-great-grandniece  of  Dorothea  Dan- 
dridge. 

Earth  from  battle-field  of  Monmouth,  N.  J. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  D.  A.  DEPUE,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Soil  from  battle-field  of  Savannah,  Ga. 

—  Contributed  by  N.  M.  DICKSON,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Earth  from  Fort  Necessity,  Pa.,  first  fort  built  by  George 
Washington,  and  scene  of  his  first  battle  (1754),  in  French 
and  Indian  war. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  N.  B.  HOGG,  Alleghany,  Pa. 

Soil  from  the  first  Fort  Pitt,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  finished  about 
January  1, 1759,  and  placed  under  command  of  Colonel 
Hugh  Mercer. 

Soil  from  second  Fort  Pitt,  built  in  1769,  and  visited  by 
George  Washington  in  1770. 

Soil  from  Fort  Du  Quesne,  at  fork  of  Monongahela  and 
Alleghany  rivers,  under  command  of  Captain  Trent 
(English)  and  taken  possession  of  by  Captain  Contracom 
(French),  on  April  17,  1754.  Captain  Contracom  after- 
ward built  a  new  fort,  which  he  called  Fort  Du  Quesne, 
after  the  Governor  of  Canada. 


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Soil  from  the  redoubt  erected  in  1764  (the  year  from  which 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  dates  its  history),  still  standing  at  the 
Point  called  the  "  Old  Block  House." 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  N.B.  HOGG,  State  Regent  for  Pennsylvania. 

Soil  from  the  place  where  the  Liberty  Bell  and  Christ 
Church  bells  were  concealed  beneath  the  floors  of  Zion's 
Reformed  Church,  from  September  23,  1777,  to  the  latter 
part  of  1778. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  MINNIE  F.  MICKLEY,  Regent  of  Lib- 
erty Bell  Chapter,  Tenn.,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Jacob  Mick- 
ley,  who  conveyed  the  bells  secretly  to  Allentown,  Pa. 

Earth  from  the  grave  of  General  William  Barton,  "the 
brave  officer  who,  in  July,  1777,  organized  and  com- 
manded the  boat  expedition  which,  leaving  Warwick  at 
night,  and  going  down  the  Bay  with  muffled  oars,  passed 
safely  through  the  British  fleet,  and  landing  on  the 
shore  of  the  island  of  Rhode  Island,  marched  directly 
to  the  headquarters  of  General  Preston,  the  commanding 
General  of  the  British  troops,  and  taking  him  from  his 
bed,  brought  him  a  prisoner  to  the  main  land."  General 
Barton  was  born  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  and  died  in  Providence 
October  22,  1831,  aged  85  years,  and  is  buried  in  the 
ancient  "North  Burial-Ground"  of  that  city. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  EMMA  W.  BULLOCK,  Bristol,  R.  I. 

Earth  from  Nelson  House,  Yorktown,  Va.,  built  in  1740  by 
William  Nelson,  commonly  called  President  Nelson  of 
the  King's  Council ;  afterwards  occupied  by  his  son, 
Governor  Thomas  Nelson.  The  house,  with  its  walls 
scarred  by  the  shells  of  the  Revolution,  is  still  standing, 
and  is  owned  by  descendants  of  Governor  Nelson. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  NELSON,  and  received  through  the  cour- 
tesy of  Mrs.  James  B.  Baylor  of  Richmond,  Va. 

Earth  from  the  grave  of  Deacon  Benjamin  Farnum,  of 
Andover,  Mass.,  a  soldier  and  captain  who  served  with 
distinction  throughout  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  He 
was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  John  Barker, 
a  private  of  his  company,  seeing  his  captain  lying 
wounded  in  the  path  of  retreat,  took  him  upon  his 


14  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

shoulders,  and  steadying  him  with  his  gun  under  hie 
knees,  bade  him  hold  fast,  and  started  out  on  the  run, 
calling  out,  "The  Reg'lars  shan't  have  Ben,  anyhow." 
Captain  Farnuin  died  at  Andover,  Mass.,  December  4, 
1833,  in  the  87th  year  of  his  age. 

—  Contributed  by  his  grandniece,  MBS.  S.  ISABELLE  HUBBARD, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Earth  taken  from  site  of  the  first  church  building  in 
Middletown,  Conn.,  erected  in  1638;  about  twenty  feet 
square,  composed  of  logs,  and  surrounded  by  a  palisade. 
The  same  church  (Congregational)  has  just  celebrated  its 
255th  anniversary,  in  its  fifth  building. 

Earth  taken  from  Indian  Hill,  now  a  cemetery,  but  formerly 
a  fortified  Indian  post  (Fort  Mattabesit),  chief's  dwelling 
on  the  crest  of  the  hill,  with  a  stockade  surrounding  it, 
large  enough  to  shelter  the  whole  settlement. 

Earth  from  Riverside  Cemetery,  Middletown,  Conn.,  used  as 
early  as  1636. 

—  Contributed  by  WADSWORTH  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R.,  Middle- 
town,  Conn. 

Earth  from  Putnam  Park,  Redding,  Conn.,  from  under  one 
of  the  old  ovens  used  by  the  Revolutionary  soldiers;  also, 
from  the  site  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  which  was  filled 
with  stores  during  the  war. 

Soil  from  the  battle-field  in  Ridgefield,  Conn. 

Earth  from  General  Wooster's  grave,  at  Danbury,  Conn. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  E.  D.  WILDMAN,  Regent  Mary  Wooster 
Chapter,  Danbury,  Conn. 

Soil  from  Independence  Square,  Philadelphia. 

—  Contributed  by  MBS.  M.  E.  D.  SMITH,  Regent  Philadelphia 
Chapter. 

Soil  from  "  Morganza,"  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  the  estate  of  Colonel 
George  Morgan,  where  Aaron  Burr  endeavored,  while  en- 
joying the  hospitality  of  his  old  army  friend,  to  allure 
the  younger  Morgans  to  join  his  treasonable  purposes, 
and  which  aroused  both  father  and  sons,  who  communi- 
cated their  fears  to  Jefferson,  then  President,  which,  he 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  15 

afterwards  wrote,  was  "  the  first  intimation  of  the  trea* 
sonable  plans." 

—  Contributed  by  his  great-granddaughter,  MBS.  R.  M.  NEW- 
PORT, State  Regent  D.  A.  R.  for  Minnesota. 

Soil  from  Duston  Island,  Pennacook,  N.  H.,  and  from  near 
the  Hannah  Duston  Monument,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  SARA  P.  AMES,  Pennacook,  N.  H. 

Soil  from  base  of  Hannah  Duston  statue,  on  the  Island 
of  Contocook. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  AMANDA  STARK    BURPEE,  Penna- 
cook, N.  H. 

Soil  from  grave  of  General  John  Stark  and  from  that  of  his 
wife,  Elizabeth  Page  Stark  (the  famous  Molly  Stark). 

—  Contributed  by  their  great-grandson,  JOHN  F.  STARK,  of  Ala- 
meda,   Cal. 

Soil  from  Guilford  battle-ground,  from  tomb  of  General 
Jethro  Sumner,  who  served  in  the  North  Carolina  Line  of 
the  Revolutionary  army ;  also,  earth  from  tomb  of  Major 
John  Daves,  at  Guilford  battle-ground. 

—  Contributed    by    his    granddaughter,   MRS.    M.    McKINLAY 
NASH,  Newbern,  N.  C. 

Soil  from  monument  erected  by  the  Maryland  Historical 
Society  to  her  Sons  who  fought  and  died  on  the  Guilford 
battle-ground,  March  15,  1787. 

Soil  from  monument  erected  by  Governor  Holt,  of  North 
Carolina,  to  the  soldiers  of  the  Continental  army,  North 
Carolina  Line,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Guilford,  N.  C., 
March  15,  1787. 

Soil  from  the  site  of  Fort  Raleigh,  on  Roanoke  Island,  which 
lies  in  the  waters  between  the  Pamlico  and  Albemarle 
Sounds,  North  Carolina,  the  scene  of  the  first  settlement 
in  the  original  United  States,  and  of  the  first  Christian 
(Protestant)  sacrament  in  all  the  United  States  (except  that 
of  Drake's  Bay,  in  Northern  California,  where  the  Rev. 
Francis  Fletcher,  under  Sir  Francis  Drake,  held  service 
June  24,  1579). 

—  Contributed   by  MRS.  M.  McKINLAY  NASH,  State   Regent 
D.  A.  R.  for  North  Carolina. 


16  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Soil  from  the  Saratoga  battle-grounds  :  from  the  spot  where 
Major  Ackland  was  wounded;  from  the  site  of  Bemus 
Tavern,  Bemus  Heights ;  from  Western  Redoubt,  British 
camp,  where  Arnold  was  wounded;  from  where  the 
Americans  first  charged  the  British  advance  line,  Octo- 
ber 7, 1777 ;  from  where  General  Frazer  was  wounded ; 
from  site  of  Taylor  House,  where  he  died  ;  from  site  of 
Great  Redoubt  where  he  was  buried ;  from  General  Gates' 
headquarters,  American  camp;  from  Freeman's  Farm- 
Well,  British  camp ;  from  British  Redoubt  on  Freeman's 
Farm;  from  hill  from  which  General  Morgan  led  his 
troops  against  British  advance  line ;  from  basin  at  edge 
of  river  where  the  British  were  camped  on  the  night  of 
October  7,1777;  from  site  of  Water  Battery  to  protect 
bridge  of  boats  at  Bemus  Heights,  American  camp,  and 
from  Fort  Nelson,  west  side  of  Well,  American  camp. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  ELLEN  H.  WALWORTH,  Vice-Presi- 
dent-General in  charge  of  organization  National  Society  D.  A.  R., 
and  MB.  TRACY  WALWORTH,  of  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

Soil  from  the  burial-place  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  of  the 
Continental  army  who  had  been  in  the  Bethlehem  Hos- 
pital 1776-1777. 

Soil  from  the  spot  where  was  built  the  first  house  of  the 
Moravian  town  of  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  in  1742. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  MINNIE  F.  MICKLEY,  through  the  kind- 
ness of  Mr.  Robert  Rau,  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania. 

Earth  from  the  "  Trappe,"  near  Reading,  Pa.,  the  grave  of 
General  Peter  Muhlenberg,  the  hero  of  Thomas  Buchanan 
Read's  poem,  "The  Rising  of  1776."  General  Muhlen- 
berg was  the  clergyman,  "  the  warrior-priest,"  who 
threw  off  his  gown  to  show  his  military  uniform. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  W.  M.  WEIDMAN,  Regent  Berks  County 
Chapter,  Pennsylvania. 

Earth  from  grave  in  the  old  cemetery,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
of  Mary  Clapp  Wooster,  daughter  of  General  David 
Wooster,  who  was  mortally  wounded  at  the  burning  of 
Danbury,  Conn.,  by  the  British,  April,  1777.  "A  brave, 
loyal,  self-sacrificing  woman,  who  served  her  country 
with  her  heart  and  substance." 


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Soil  from  beneath  the  monument  erected  to  the  memory 
of  Elbridge  Gerry,  one  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  and  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States  in  1813;  from  the  Trumbull  Tomb  at  Lebanon, 
Conn.,  where  within  its  walls  are  deposited  the  remains 
of  two  Governors,  one  Commissary-General,  and  a  Signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence;  from  remains  of 
barracks  where  Count  Rochambeau,  with  five  regiments 
of  troops,  camped  for  a  few  weeks  in  the  summer  of  1781, 
and  the  Duke  de  Lauzon  was  also  stationed  with  his 
troops  of  Hussars  over  half  a  year  in  1780  and  1781, 
General  Washington  reviewing  the  troops  in  March,  1781. 

Earth  from  the  little  office  which  Governor  Trumbull 
used,  called  since  the  Revolutionary  War  the  "War 
Office,"  still  standing  in  Lebanon,  Conn.,  and  lately 
given  into  the  custody  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  of  Connecticut,  and  where  were  held  during 
the  years  of  the  Revolution  over  one  thousand  meetings 
of  the  Council  of  Safety,  established  to  assist  the  Govern- 
ment in  carrying  on  the  war. 

At  many  of  these  meetings  Washington  himself  was  present,  and  well  authen- 
ticated tradition  tells  of  many  private  interviews  between  the  chief  commander 
and  "Brother  Jonathan."  Over  the  threshold  of  this  old  "War  Office"  have 
passed  Washington,  Lafayette,  Count  Rochambeau,  Baron  de  Lauzon,  Generals 
Sullivan,  Putnam,  Knox,  Parsons  and  Spencer;  also,  the  patriots,  Samuel 
Adams,  John  Adams,  Benjamin  Franklin,  John  Jay,  Thomas  Jefferson— all 
aflame  with  the  zeal  of  Independence. 

Soil  from  the  home  of  Jonathan  Trumbull,  the  "Brother 
Jonathan"  with  whom  Washington  so  frequently  con- 
sulted, and  who  was  Governor  of  Connecticut  from  1770 
to  1783,  also  chief  commander  of  the  military  forces  in 
Connecticut,  and,  by  special  act  of  the  General  Assembly, 
of  naval  forces  also. 

-  Contributed  by  the  MARY  CLAPP  WOOSTER  CHAPTER, 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  of  which  Miss  Emily  L.  Gerry,  aged  93  years, 
daughter  of  Elbridge  Gerry,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, is  Regent. 

Earth  from  Old  Bryant  Station  Fort,  Fayette  County,  Ky., 
the  siege  of  which  occurred  in  1782.  Water  having  given 
out,  the  women  and  girls  carried  water  to  the  fort  from 


18  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

the  spring,  although  the  fort  was   surrounded   by  In- 
dians. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  MARY  DESHA,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
National  Society  D.  A.  R.,  and  by  MBS.  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Soil  from  Washington's  Headquarters,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

—  Contributed  by  QUASSAICK  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R.,  Newburgh. 
N.  Y. 

Soil  from  the  Pequot  or  Sasqua  Swamp,  Fairfield,  Conn., 
the  scene,  in  1637,  of  the  last  encounter  between  the 
once  powerful  tribe  of  Pequot  Indians  and  the  first 
settlers  of  Connecticut. 

On  account  of  the  constant  depredations  of  the  savages  upon  the  infant 
settlements  of  Windsor  and  Hartford,  the  inhabitants  were  forced  to  organize 
themselves  and  make  active  war  upon  the  Pequots  to  prevent  being  exter- 
minated by  them.  In  their  flight  westward  toward  the  Hudson  river  the 
Indians  made  their  last  stand  in  this  swamp.  Here  they  were  surrounded,  and 
after  a  desperate  tight,  the  whites  were  victorious.  The  remnants  of  the  tribe 
were  scattered,  and  trouble  from  that  source  ceased.  The  pursuit  of  the  Indians 
led  to  the  discovery  of  the  beautiful  sections  of  country  along  the  Long  Island 
Sound,  which  were  purchased  and  settled  the  following  years— 1639  and  1640 — and 
became  New  Haven,  Fairfield  and  Norwalk. 

Soil  from  near  the  ancient  pillared  tablet  of  sandstone 
covering  the  last  resting-place  of  Governor  Thomas 
Fitch,  one  of  Connecticut's  last  Colonial  governors,  who 
died  July  18, 1774.  The  tablet  is  situated  in  one  of  the 
oldest  cemeteries  of  Norwalk,  Conn. 

Soil  from  hill  in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  upon  which  the  British 
General  Tryon  sat  with  his  officers  while  watching  the 
burning  of  that  town  by  the  British  soldiers,  through 
his  orders,  July  11,  1779. 

Soil  from  the  scene  of  the  battle  in  Norwalk,  Conn., 
between  the  Americans  and  the  British,  July  11,  1779, 
the  day  of  the  burning  of  the  town  by  General  Tryon. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  E.  J.  HILL,  Regent  of  Norwalk  Chapter 
D.  A.  RM  Norwalk,  Conn. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Rev.  Parke  Avery  (Lieutenant),  the 
"  Fighting  Parson  "  of  Connecticut,  born  1710,  died  1797, 
and  from  grave  of  his  wife,  Mary  Latham,  the  mother  of 
six  Revolutionary  heroes;  also  from  graves  of  Lieutenant 
Parke  Avery,  Jr.,  wounded  in  battle  of  Groton ;  Elisha 
and  Jasper  Avery,  sons  of  Rev.  Parke  Avery,  killed  in 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  19 

the  battle,  and  from  the  grave  of  Thomas  Avery,  son  of 
Lieutenant  Parke  Avery,  Jr.,  the  young  hero,  aged  17, 
killed  while  fighting  by  the  side  of  his  father  in  the  same 
battle,  September  6,  1781.  All  buried  in  the  Colonial 
Graveyard  at  Groton,  Conn. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  HELEN  MORGAN  AVERY  and  Miss 
ADDIE  AVERY  THOMAS,  of  Groton,  Conn.,  lineal  descendants 
of  Rev.  Parke  Avery,  Lieutenant  Parker,  Jr.,  and  Captain  Wm. 
Latham. 

Soil  from  Fort  Griswold,  Groton  Heights,  Conn.,  the  oldest 
fort  in  the  United  States,  in  a  good  state  of  preservation, 
erected  in  1776. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Captain  William  Latham,  Commander 
of  Artillery  at  Fort  Griswold,  battle  of  Groton  Heights, 
September  6, 1781 ;  and  from  spot  inside  the  fort  where 
Colonel  Wm.  Ledyard  fell  in  the  same  battle. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  HELEN  MORGAN  AVERY  and  Miss 
ADDIE  AVERY  THOMAS,  Groton,  Conn. 

Earth  from,  grave  of  Colonel  William  Prescott,  who  com- 
manded at  Bunker  Hill,  and  from  the  Bennington  (Vt.) 
Monument;  also  pieces  of  capstone. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  EDITH  PRESCOTT  WOLCOTT,  Boston, 
Mass.,  great-great-granddaughter  of  Colonel  Prescott. 

Soil  from  Fort  Dearborn,  erected  in  1804,  by  Captain 
William  Whistler,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  where 
now  stands  the  metropolitan  city  of  the  Northwest — 
Chicago. 

-  Contributed  by  T.  WORTHINGTON  HUBBARD,  the  youngest 
member  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  in 
the  United  States. 

Earth  from  house  of  Betsy  Ross,  239  Arch  street,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.  In  this  house  Betsy  Ross  made  and  exhibited 
the  first  American  Flag. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  A.  MUND,  present  occupant. 

Earth  gathered  at  the  base  of  the  monument  erected  by 
George  M.  Pullman,  Esq.,  at  the  corner  of  Calumet  and 
Eighteenth  streets,  Chicago,  111.,  to  mark  the  spot  where 
the  Indian  massacre  took  place  August  15,  1812. 

—  Contributed  by  GEORGE  B.  GALE,  Chicago,  111. 


20  PLANTING    OP    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Earth  from  battle-fields  of  Cowpens,  Eutaw  Springs,  and 
Kings  Mountain. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  STEPHEN  J.  FIELD,  Vice-President- 
General  National  Society  D.  A.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Earth  from  "  Middlebrook  Camp,"  N.  J.,  where  General 
Putnam  and  his  command  wintered  in  1779. 

—  Contributed   by   MBS.  MARGARET   HERBERT   MATHER, 
Registrar  Nova  Csesarea  Chapter,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Soil  from  Old  St.  Peter's  Church,  Chester  Valley,  Pa., 
founded  by  Welsh  Episcopalians  prior  to  1700.  Here 
Dr.  Currie,  the  Tory  clergyman,  insisted  on  reading 
prayers  for  the  King,  and  was  stripped  of  his  wig  and 
gown  and  pitched  out  by  his  patriot  congregation.  The 
church  was  used  as  a  hospital  while  Washington  was  at 
Valley  Forge.  Several  Revolutionary  soldiers  are  buried 
here. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Dr.  Samuel  Kennedy,  Charlestown  Pres- 
byterian Church,  Chester  county,  Pa.,  the  distinguished 
Revolutionary  surgeon  who  built  the  Soldiers'  Hospital  at 
Yellow  Springs,  now  Chester  Springs,  Pa. 

Soil  from  "Penn  Cottage,"  a  well-preserved  specimen  of 
early  Pennsylvania  architecture,  built  in  1695  and  occu- 
pied by  William  Penn,  on  "  Old  Lancaster  Road,"  Lower 
Merion,  Pa.,  one-half  mile  from  the  Old  Meeting-House. 
The  cottage  is  on  the  Jones  Farm,  "  Wynnewood,"  the 
oldest  Quaker  settlement  in  Pennsylvania. 

Soil  from  Washington  Square,  Philadelphia.  Used  as  a 
potter's  field  by  the  British  during  the  Revolution.  The 
prisoners  taken  at  the  battles  of  Brandywine  and  German- 
town  were  confined  in  the  Walnut-street  prison  near  by. 
Numbers  died  of  hunger  and  cold,  and  were  buried  in 
Washington  Square,  1777. 

Earth  from  William  Penn's  llth  milestone,  still  standing, 
on  "  Old  Gulf  Road,"  from  Lower  Merion  Friends'  Meet- 
ing-House to  Paoli.  John  Roberts,  the  Tory,  was  accused 
of  piloting  Cornwallis  along  this  road  to  Paoli  battle- 
ground, Chester  county. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  21 

Earth  from  Paoli  monument,  marking  the  spot  where 
fifty-three  American  patriots  fell,  victims  of  the  atro- 
cious massacre  at  Paoli.  The  old  monument  was  erected 
in  1817  by  citizens  of  Chester  county.  The  new,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1877,  the  centennial  of  the  event. 

Clover  sod  from  "  State-House  Yard,"  now  called  Independ- 
ence Square,  cut  a  few  feet  from  the  steps  from  which 
was  read  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  July  4, 1776. 

Soil  from  residence  of  Charles  Thomson,  Secretary  of  the 
Colonial  Congress,  Lower  Merion,  Pa.,  near  Penn's  llth 
milestone. 

Soil  from  the  old  Price  mansion,  built  by  Welsh  Friends, 
Lower  Merion,  Pa.  Headquarters  of  Lord  Cornwallis 
before  the  massacre  of  Paoli.  Situated  near  the  junction 
of  the  "  Old  Lancaster  "  and  the  "  Old  Gulf  Roads,"  and  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  Old  Meeting-House. 

Earth  from  Dock-street  wharf,  Delaware  river,  Philadel- 
phia, where  William  Penn,  with  English  Quakers,  landed 
from  the  ship  u  Welcome  "  in  1682. 

Earth  from  the  old  Swedes'  church,  Swanson  and  Christian 
streets,  built  in  1700,  where  the  Swedes  settled  in  1636. 

Earth  from  Old  Friends'  Meeting-House,  where  William 
Penn  preached,  Lower  Merion,  Montgomery  county,  Pa., 
built  in  1695  by  Welsh  Quakers.  Adjoining  the  burying- 
ground  is  the  old  "  General  Wayne  Tavern,"  in  which 
Washington  slept  several  times  during  the  Revolutionary 
War. 

Earth  from  Belmont  Glen  and  Belmont  Mansion,  Fair- 
mount  Park,  Philadelphia,  the  residence  of  Judge  Peters, 
the  friend  of  Washington.  Near  the  mansion  Judge 
Peters  erected  a  monument  in  memory  of  the  horses 
which  were  starved  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  He 
said  "  the  men  would  be  remembered  anyhow  ;  not  so  the 
beasts." 

Earth  from  "  Old  Dove  Mill,"  Mill  Creek,  Lower  Merion, 
Pa.,  where  was  made  all  the  early  Government  paper  and 
United  States  banknotes.  The  water-mark  of  this  paper 
was  a  dove  with  an  olive  branch. 


22  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Earth  from  grave  of  General  Anthony  Wayne,  at  old  St. 
David's  Church,  Radnor,  Delaware  county,  Pa.  This 
church  was  built  by  the  Welsh  in  1713,  and  is  the  subject 
of  a  poem  by  Longfellow. 

Stone  from  Falls  of  French  Creek,  Chester  County,  Pa., 
where  was  cast  the  bell  used  at  Valley  Forge  and  now 
displayed  at  the  State  House,  Philadelphia.  Revolution- 
ary cannon  were  cast  in  the  same  furnace.  Near  by  is  St. 
Peter's  iron  mine. 

Earth  from  "  Old  Grist  Mill,"  Mill  Creek,  Lower  Merion, 
where  John  Roberts,  the  Tory,  and  the  Hessian  miller, 
Fishburn,  ground  glass  in  the  flour  for  American  soldiers. 
The  plot  was  discovered  in  time,  and  the  traitors  were 
hanged  in  an  apple-tree  orchard  near  the  mill. 

Earth  from  William  Penn's  9th  milestone,  "Old  Gulf 
Road,"  Lower  Merion,  Pa.,  opposite  the  "  Old  Penn  Gaskill 
property,"  the  last  piece  of  ground  held  in  Pennsylvania 
by  the  Penn  family.  William  Penn's  milestones  are 
marked  by  three  balls  (apple  dumplings),  from  the  Penn 
coat  of  arms.  This  milestone  is  about  a  mile  from  Corn- 
wallis'  headquarters,  the  old  Price  mansion. 

Soil  from  the  "  Ford  Road,"  an  old  Indian  trail  leading 
from  the  Delaware  to  the  Susquehanna,  from  the  point 
where  William  Penn  crossed  the  Schuylkill  on  his  way 
from  the  Treaty  Elm,  at  Kensington.  "  Ford  Road  "  is 
continuous  with  the  "  Old  Lancaster  Road,"  afterward 
famous  in  Revolutionary  history. 

Earth  from  Black  Rocks,  Lower  Merion,  Pa.,  an  old  Indian 
burying-ground,  and  the  last  Indian  reservation  in  East- 
ern Pennsylvania.  The  Indians  from  all  parts  of  the 
State  held  an  annual  encampment  here  until  recent 
years.  The  reservation  is  on  Mill  Creek,  near  the  "  Old 
Gulf  Road,"  immediately  adjoining  the  "Dove  Mill "  and 
near  the  "  Grist  Mill." 

Earth  from  old  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  built  in  1695 
by  Dr.  John  Kearsley,  the  same  architect  who  built  the 
State  House. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  23 

Soil  from  churchyard  in  which  are  buried  Governor  John 
Penn,  Peyton  Randolph,  President  of  First  Colonial  Con- 
gress, and  General  Mercer,  who  fell  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Soil  from  Seventh  and  Market  streets,  Philadelphia,  where 
stood  the  house  in  which  Thomas  Jefferson  wrote  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

Root  of  Valley  Forge  Arbutus,  the  first  proposed  National 
flower. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  MARGARET  B.  HARVEY,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Soil  from  field  of  the  Blue  Licks,  fought  on  the  19th  of 
August,  1782,  the  most  important  battle  ever  fought  in 
Kentucky  between  the  Indians  and  the  white  men. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  SALLIE  M.  EWING  POPE,  State  Regent 
D.  A.  R.  of  Kentucky,  through  the  courtesy  of  Colonel  R.  T.  Dur- 
rett,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Soil  from  house,  still  standing,  where  the  wounded  victims 
of  the  Fort  Griswold  massacre,  who  had  been  paroled, 
were  carried  in  a  wagon  and  left  lying  on  the  bare  floor, 
without  a  wound  being  dressed,  without  refreshment  of 
any  kind,  throughout  the  dreadful  night  of  September  6, 
1781. 

"  With  the  morning  came  relief,  and  the  first  who  came  to  give  what  help  she 
could  was  Fanny  Ledyard,  the  niece  of  the  murdered  Commander  of  the  Fort. 
From  under  the  windows  of  that  very  room  wherein  those  wounded  patriots  suf- 
fered throughout  that  awful  night,— that  room  whose  oaken  floor  bears  silent 
witness  in  the  bloodstains  still  to  be  seen  upon  it  of  the  cruelty  inflicted  and  the 
agony  endured,— from  that  house  where  Fanny  Ledyard  went  '  to  do  what  she 
could,'  a  handful  of  earth  has  been  taken  to  be  deposited  at  the  roots  of  Califor- 
nia's Liberty  Tree  by  the  Fanny  Ledyard  Chapter  D.  A.  R.  of  Groton,  Conn." 

—  Contributed  by  the  FANNY  LEDYARD  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R.  of 
Groton,  Conn. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Fanny  Ledyard,  the  "ministering 
angel  "  at  the  massacre  of  Fort  Griswold. 

-  Contributed  by  MRS.  HORTENSE  D.  FISH,  Fanny  Ledyard 
Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  Mystic,  Conn. 

Earth  from  battle-field  of  Point  Pleasant  (now  in  "West 
Virginia),  October  19,  1774,  from  grave  of  General 
Andrew  Lewis,  a  Brigadier-General  of  the  Revolutionary 
War,  twice  wounded  at  the  siege  of  Fort  Necessity,  Com- 
mandant of  the  troops  that  drove  Lord  Dunmore  from 
Gwyn's  Island  in  1776,  and  announced  his  orders  of 


24  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

attack  by  himself  putting  the  match  to  the  first  gun, 
an  eighteen-pounder. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  H.  M.  COCKE  and  MRS.  MARY  STUART 
SMITH,  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Lucretia  Shaw,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Shaw, 
Jr.,  who  died  December  11,  1781,  of  malignant  fever, 
contracted  while  administering  to  the  necessities  of  re- 
leased prisoners. 

—  Contributed  by  the  LUCRETIA  SHAW  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R., 
New  London,  Conn. 

Earth  from  Pequot  Swamp,  Southport,  Conn. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  C.  MALVINA  BULKLEY. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Colonel  Abraham  Gold,  who  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Ridgefield,  April,  1777. 

Earth  from  grave  of  General  Gold  Selleck  Silliman,  of 
Fairfield,  Conn.,  in  Continental  and  State  service  during 
the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

Earth  from  Fairfield  Green  and  site  of  burned  town-house. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  M.  C.  GOULD,  Vice-Regent  of  Eunice  Burr 
Chapter,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  Colonel  Gold. 

Earth  from  Kinzie's  Point,  Fairfield  Beach,  where  the 
British,  under  General  Tryon,  landed  when  they  burned 
and  devastated  Fairfield,  July,  1779. 

Earth  from  Fort  Defence,  Southport  Harbor,  1813. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  H.  T.  BULKLEY,  Regent  Southport  Chap- 
ter, Southport,  Conn. 

Earth  from  birth-place  (Wallingford,  Conn.)  of  Dr.  Lyman 

Hall,  Governor  of  Georgia. 
Earth  from  graves  of  General  Selah  Hart,  an  officer  of  the 

Revolution,  and  Ruth  Hart,  his  wife,  who  died  at  the 

age  of  101  years,  2  months,  and  16  days. 

—  Contributed  by  the  RUTH  HART  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R.,  Meri- 
den,  Conn. 

Soil  from  Fort  Cornwallis  and  from  the  White  House 
battle-field  (1780),  Augusta,  Ga.;  also  from  a  monument 
in  the  same  city  erected  in  memory  of  Hall,  Walton,  and 
Guinett,  three  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

—  Contributed  by  AUGUSTA  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R.,  Augusta,  Ga. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  25 

Soil  from  Winter  Hill  Fort,  Somerville,  Mass.,  memorable 
as  the  place  of  encampment  of  General  Burgoyne  and  his 
army  after  their  capture  at  Saratoga. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Governor  John  Brooks,  who  was  born  in 
Medford,  Mass.,  May,  1752.  He  took  up  arms  in  defense 
of  his  country  April  19,  1775,  and  commanded  the  regi- 
ment which  first  entered  the  enemy's  lines  at  Saratoga. 
He  was  appointed  Marshal  of  the  District  of  Massachu- 
setts by  Washington,  and  after  filling  several  civil  and 
military  offices,  was  in  the  year  1816  chosen  Governor  of 
the  Commonwealth,  discharging  the  duties  of  that  office 
for  seven  consecutive  years.  He  died  March,  1825,  aged 
73  years. 

Earth  from  the  "  Washington  Elm,"  Cambridge  Common, 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  where  Washington  was  stationed  while 
his  commission  was  proclaimed  to  the  army  of  twenty 
thousand  men  drawn  up  on  the  Common,  and  under 
which  he  first  took  command  of  the  American  Army, 
July  3,  1775. 

Soil  from  Prospect  Hill  Redoubt,  Somerville,  Mass.,  distin- 
guished in  Revolutionary  annals  from  having  been  occu- 
pied for  some  time  as  the  place  of  encampment  of  the 
American  troops,  after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

-  Contributed  by  COLONEL  SAMUEL  C.  LAWRENCE,  Medford, 
Mass. 

Earth  from  grave  of  John  Sevier,  the  first  Governor  of 
Tennessee,  and  the  hero  of  over  thirty  Indian  battles ; 
the  projector  of  the  battle  of  Kings  Mountain,  one  of  the 
most  brilliant  achievements  of  the  Revolution,  and  which 
turned  the  tide  of  war  in  favor  of  American  Independence. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Peter  Francisco,  who  entered  the  Con- 
tinental Army  at  the  age  of  16  years,  and  participated  in 
the  battles  of  Stony  Point,  Brandy  wine,  and  Monmouth ; 
afterwards  going  South,  was  with  General  Greene  at 
Cowpens,  Camden,  Guilford  Court  House,  etc.,  dying  in 
1836.  He  was  buried  with  military  honors  at  Rich- 
mond, Va. 


26  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Earth  from  grave  of  General  Sir  Alexander  Spottswood, 
Colonial  Governor  of  Virginia  in  1710.  He  discovered 
the  beautiful  country  beyond  the  Alleghanies.  In  1739, 
when  hostilities  began  against  Spain,  and  soon  after 
against  France,  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
Colonial  troops.  In  1740,  he  was  commissioned  Major- 
General,  and  assigned  to  command  the  expedition  to  the 
West  Indies,  and  died  as  he  was  about  to  embark.  He 
was  buried  at  "Temple  Farm,"  the  former  name  of 
Moore  House,  where,  in  1781,  the  American  Revolution 
came  to  an  end  with  the  capitulation  of  Lord  Cornwallis. 
General  Spottswood's  descendants  were  all  soldiers  in  the 
Continental  Army. 

—  Contributed  by  his  great-great-great-granddaughter,  MILDRED 
SPOTTSWOOD  MATHES,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Soil  from  Germantown  battle-field ;  battle  fought  October 
4, 1777,  between  the  Americans,  commanded  by  General 
Washington,  and  the  British,  under  General  Howe. 

Earth  from  grounds  of  the  Chew  mansion  (at  the  time  of 
battle  unoccupied),  which  became  the  central  point  of  the 
conflict,  and  around  whose  gray-stone  walls  raged  the 
fierce  contest.  The  house,  with  bullet-marks  in  the 
woodwork,  and  grounds  preserved  in  their  antique 
form,  are  still  in  possession  of  the  Chew  family. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  HELENA  HUBBELL,  Secretary  of  Phila- 
delphia (Pa.)  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  through  courtesy  of  Mrs.  Mary  I.  B. 
Chew,  Cliveden,  Germantown. 

Soil  from  Rhode  Island  battle-field.  Lafayette  is  credited 
with  the  remark,  that  "  the  battle  on  Rhode  Island  was 
the  best-fought  action  of  the  war." 

—  Contributed  by  MBS.  B.  F.  WILBOUR,  Vice-President-General, 
D.  A.  R. 

Soil  from  grave  of  George  Robert  Twelves  Hewes,  "  one  of 
the  Indians  who  destroyed  the  tea."  Born  at  Boston, 
August  25, 1742,  (Old  Style),  and  died  at  Richfield  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  in  1841,  aged  99  years.  The  last  survivor  of  the 
famous  "  Tea  Party." 

—  Contributed  by   his    great-grandson,    HORACE    G.   HEWES, 
Braintree,  Mass.,  and  his  kinsman,  DAVID   HEWES,  ESQ.,  San 
Francisco. 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  27 

Soil  from  grave  of  Artemus  Ward,  first  Major-General  in 
the  Army  of  the  Revolution ;  born  at  Marlboro,  Mass., 
November  27,  1727,  and  died  at  Shrewsbury,  Mass., 
October  27,  1800. 

—  Contributed  by  his  great-grandson,   D.  HENSHAW  WARD, 
Esq.,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Soil  from  grave  and  monument  at  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  erected 
to  the  memory  of  Israel  Putnam,  Senior  Major-General 
in  the  Armies  of  the  United  States  of  America,  who  was 
born  at  Salem,  in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts,  on  the 
7th  day  of  January,  1718,  and  died  on  the  29th  day  of 
May,  1790. 

"Three  weeks  after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  General  Samuel  B.  Webb  wrote 
from  the  seat  of  war,  at  Cambridge :  '  You  will  find  that  Generals  Washington 
and  Lee  are  vastly  prouder  and  think  higher  of  Putnam  than  of  any  man  in 
the  army,  and  he,  truly,  is  the  hero  of  the  day." 

-  Contributed  by  HON.  LUCIUS  P.  DEMINQ,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
First  President-General  of  the  National  Society  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution. 

Soil  from  Fort  Moultrie,  Sullivan's  Island,  S.  C. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  JOHN  BID  WELL,  Chico,  Cal.,  member 
of  Sequoia  Chapter  D.  A.  R. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Captain  Noah  Robinson,  New  Hamp- 
shire Line,  Continental  Army. 

—  Contributed  by  his  son,  JOHN  R.  ROBINSON,  San  Francisco, 
member  of  Cal.  Soc.  S.  A.  R. 

Soil  from  Acton  Monument,  erected  in  memory  of  Captain 
Isaac  Davis  and  Privates  Abner  Hosmerand  James  Hay- 
ward,  who  fell  in  Concord  fight,  April  19,  1775. 

—  Contributed  by  COL.  A.  S.  HUBBARD,  founder  of  the  California 
Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Earth  from  Carpenters'  Hall,  Philadelphia,  built  in  1770, 
where  in  1774  convened  the  first  Colonial  Congress; 
Peyton  Randolph, President;  Charles  Thomson, Secretary. 

Soil  from  Independence  Hall ;  from  Penn's  Treaty  Tree 
Park;  from  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  and  from  grave 
of  Benjamin  Franklin  in  churchyard  of  Christ  Church. 

—  Contributed  by  PENNSYLVANIA  SOCIETY  OF  THE  COLO- 
NIAL DAMES  OF  AMERICA,  Mrs.  Jas.  B.  Coleman,  President. 


28  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

The  soil  contributed  by  the  National  Society  of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  America 
was  accompanied  by  the  following  letter: 

PHILADELPHIA,  January  16, 1894. 

To  THE  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION,  CALIFORNIA— 

Ladies:  It  gives  me  much  pleasure  to  forward  you,  through  Mrs.  James  Mifflin , 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America,  historic  dust  for  your  contemplated 
use  in  planting  the  Liberty  Tree. 

I  send  to  you  earth  from  Christ  Church,  the  parish  planted  in  1695,  under 
the  provision  in  the  original  charter  granted  by  Charles  II.  to  William  Penn, 
providing  for  a  parish  of  the  Church  of  England  in  Philadelphia.  The  present 
church,  which  dates  from  1725,  occupies  the  site  of  the  original  church ;  but  the 
present  church  itself  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  two  churches  in 
America  which  were  the  parish  churches  of  George  Washington.  Washington 
attended  worship  in  many  churches;  but  the  church  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  was 
his  parish  church  while  in  private  life,  and  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  was 
his  parish  church  during  the  time  of  his  Presidency  of  the  United  States,  at  the 
beginning  of  our  National  Government.  Here  he  and  Martha  Washington  were 
regular  worshippers,  and  the  "  Washington  pew  "  is  still  preserved. 

But  Christ  Church  was  already  famous  before  Washington's  Presidency, 
and  he  and  Martha  Washington  had  often  attended  worship  there,  while  in 
Philadelphia  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  The  same  bells  that  still  ring  for 
service  were  tolled  a  muffled  peal  when  the  news  arrived  from  Massachusetts  at 
the  beginning  of  that  War,  that  the  British  had  blockaded  the  port  of  Boston. 

The  Rector,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Duche,  was  chaplain  of  the  first  Continental  Congress, 
and  his  successor  in  the  rectorship,  Bishop  White,  was  also  chaplain  of  Congress. 
Continental  Congress,  in  a  body,  met  in  the  church  for  a  service  of  fasting  and 
prayer,  before  the  Declaration  of  Independence;  and  all  the  distinguished 
men  of  that  historic  time  worshipped  here  on  occasion,  as  also  the  men  of  the 
Constitutional  Convention  of  1787,  which  gave  the  nation  its  present  Constitution. 
Many  of  these  men  wer«  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church ;  but  on  account  of 
the  patriotic  position  of  Christ  Church  men  of  other  religious  bodies  attended 
from  time  to  time  during  this  period.  Francis  Hopkinson,  Secretary  of  Congress, 
was  a  member  of  the  Vestry,  a  corporation  of  the  church ;  Robert  Morris,  Treasurer 
of  the  Revolution,  was  a  regular  parishioner,  and  lies  buried  under  the  shadow  of 
the  church;  Benjamin  Franklin  was  a  pew-holder,  for  six  years  a  member  of  the 
Vestry,  and  a  leader  in  the  movement  which  erected  the  present  spire.  His 
lineal  descendant  and  representative  is  at  the  present  time  a  member  of  our 
Vestry,  and,  as  you  know,  the  tomb  of  Franklin,  which  next  to  the  tomb  of 
Washington  at  Mount  Vernon  is  the  most  interesting  tomb  in  our  country,  is 
in  our  churchyard.  I  send  you  dust  from  beside  that  grave. 

Betty  Ross,  who  made  the  first  American  Flag,  was  a  parishioner  of  Christ 
Church.  Her  house,  where  the  flag  was  made,  is  within  a  few  yards  of  the 
church,  and  her  pew  in  the  church  is  kept  decorated  with  a  flag  placed  there  by  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

In  our  churchyard  are  buried  many  officers  of  the  Revolutionary  Army— the 
remains  of  Major-General  Lee  lying  beside  one  of  the  church  doors.  In  this 
church  the  American  Episcopal  Church  was  organized  after  the  Revolution ; 
here  its  present  Constitution  was  adopted,  and  here  also  the  Prayer-Book  was 
adopted.  Here  lies  buried  the  famous  Bishop  White,  the  friend  and  pastor  of 
Washington.  Prominent  military  and  naval  officers  of  the  War  of  1812  were 
connected  with  Christ  Church,  and  in  the  churchyard  are  buried  General 
Thomas  Cadwalader,  Commodore  Bainbridge,  Biddle,  Truxton,  and  Richard 
Dale.  Soldiers  of  the  Rebellion  lie  in  the  same  historic  spot.  In  Christ  Church 
Lafayette  worshipped  on  his  second  visit  to  America,  and  persons  are  still  living 
who  remember  the  event.  Here  also  Henry  Clay  commonly  worshipped  when  in 
Philadelphia,  and  the  church  has  been  visited  by  almost  all  the  distinguished 
men  in  the  recent  history  of  the  country,  on  account  of  its  unique  position, 
which  ranks  it  with  Independence  Hall  here,  and  Faneuil  Hall,  Boston,  as  one 
of  the  great  historic  sites  of  our  land. 

Here  are  noted  current  historical  events  by  the  ringing  of  the  bells— a  custom 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  29 

kept  up  from  before  the  Revolutionary  War.  In  accordance  with  this  custom 
were  rung  a  peal  on  the  first  Fourth  of  July  immediately  after  the  old  bell  at 
Independence  Hall,  close  by,  rang  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  The  crowd 
came  from  the  hall  to  Christ  Church  that  day  to  hear  the  peal  ring  in 
Independence.  When  the  British  army  occupied  the  city,  Continental  Congress, 
to  save  these  bells,  had  them  taken  down  and  carried  with  the  Liberty  Bell  to 
Allentown,  Pa.  After  the  evacuation,  they  were  re-hung  at  the  expense  of  the 
Continental  Congress.  Longfellow  has  immortalized  them  in  the  closing  scene 
of  his  "  Evangeline." 

You  will  not  wonder  that  it  is  usually  in  "Old  Christ  Church"  that  the 
patriotic  services  of  this  old  Capital  of  the  nation,  Philadelphia,  are  held,  on 
the  occasions  of  the  assemblage  for  worship  of  the  God  of  our  fathers,  by  the 
Societies  of  the  Cincinnati,  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  Colonial  Wars,  and  Colonial 
Dames.  Yours  sincerely, 

C.  ELLIS  STEVENS, 

Sector  of  Christ  Church. 

Soil  from  grave  of  General  George  Rogers  Clark  in  Cave 
Hill  Cemetery,  Louisville,  Ky.  A  distinguished  officer 
of  the  Revolution. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  FANNY  THURSTON  BALLARD,  Hon- 
orary Regent  D.  A.  R.  for  Kentucky. 

Acorns  from  the  oak  trees  overhanging  the  rocks  (Oratory 
Rock)  on  the  spot  where  Mary  Washington  was  accus- 
tomed to  spend  a  portion  of  each  day  in  prayer  for  the 
safety  of  her  beloved  son,  who  was  perilling  his  life  for 
his  country. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  MARGARET  HETZEL,  Clifton  Station, 
Va.,  Secretary  of  the  Mary  Washington  Memorial  Association. 

Earth  from  grave  of  Captain  and  brevet  Major  John  Phelan, 
a  distinguished  officer  of  the  Massachusetts  Line,  Conti- 
nental Army  from  1777  to  1781.  Member  of  the  Order  of 
the  Cincinnati.  Died  in  Baltimore  in  1827.  Remains 
removed  from  Friends'  Burying-Ground  to  Greenmount 
Cemetery,  1852. 

—  Contributed   by  his  grandniece,  MRS.  REGINA  M.  KNOTT, 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Earth  and  ivy-vine  from  grave  of  Charles  Carroll  of  Carroll- 
ton,  the  last  survivor  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  whose  remains  lie  in  the  Catholic  Chapel 
at  Donghoregan  Manor,  the  family  estate. 

—  Contributed  by  his  great-grandson,  MR.  HARPER  CARROLL, 
of  Carrollton. 


30  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Soil  from  grave  of  Major  Jonathan  Nowell  in  North  Ber- 
wick, Me.,  a  Revolutionary  Captain  in  the  7th  Continen- 
tal Infantry,  Massachusetts,  and  who  served  on  the  Board 
of  Selectmen  of  the  town  of  Berwick,  Me.,  1771-72-76. 
Also  from  grave  of  Thomas  Hobbs,  Jr.,  North  Berwick, 
Me.,  who  was  at  the  first  battle  of  Ticonderoga,  about 
1757 ;  serving  also  as  a  Selectman  of  Berwick,  1771-72- 
76-77. 

—  Contributed  by  their  great-granddaughters,  MRS.  CHARLES 
FERNALD,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  and  MRS.  N.  W.  BLANCHARD, 
Santa  Paula,  Cal.,  members  of  Sequoia  Chapter  D.  A.  R. 

Soil  from  grave  of  General  Ichabod  Goodwin,  South  Ber- 
wick, Me.,  who  was  elected  delegate  to  the  Provincial 
Congress,  May  29,  1775,  afterwards  a  Major-General  in 
the  Provincial  Army. 

—  Contributed  by  his  great-grandnieces,  MRS.  CHARLES  FER- 
NALD and  MRS.  N.  W.  BLANCHARD. 

Soil  from  the  grave  in  Old  Town,  Md.,  of  her  great-great- 
great-grandfather,  Colonel  Thomas  Cresap,  who  was  bom 
at  Skipton,  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  in  1683,  and  died  at  Old 
Town,  Md.,  in  1789.  He  was  a  pioneer  soldier,  surveyor, 
school  trustee  and  burgess, — famous  for  his  bold,  adven- 
turous disposition  in  dangerous  border  life,  being  endowed 
with  the  highest  courage  and  fortitude.  His  name  was 
a  household  word  with  the  whites  and  Indians,  who 
called  him  "Big  Spoon,"  on  account  of  his  great  hos- 
pitality. At  that  time  his  stronghold  at  Old  Town,  Md., 
Fort  Skipton,  was  the  only  place  of  refuge  for  settlers  in 
all  that  part  of  the  then  frontier.  He  was  an  able  officer 
in  General  Braddock's  army,  and  later  an  active  supporter 
of  the  Revolution,  giving  largely  of  his  great  wealth  and 
sending  his  sons  to  fight  for  the  cause  of  freedom. 

Soil  from  the  grave  at  Old  Town,  Md.,  of  her  grandfather 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Daniel  Cresap,  who  was  born  1753, 
and  died  December  3, 1794.  He  was  a  Lieutenant  in  his 
uncle's  (Captain  Michael  Cresap)  battalion  of  riflemen, 
and  marched  to  Boston  to  join  General  Washington  in 
1775.  He  commanded  the  Militia  of  Alleghany  County, 
Md.,  was  Lieutenant-Colonel  commanding  a  regiment  in 


CONTRIBUTIONS.  31 

General  Lee's  Army  against  the  "  Whiskey  Rebellion," 
and  served  with  distinction  throughout  the  War  of  the 
Revolution. 

Soil  from  the  grave  in  Trinity  Churchyard,  New  York,  of 
Captain  Michael  Cresap,  son  of  Colonel  Thomas  Cresap; 
born  June  29,  1742,  died  October  18,  1775.  He  was  the 
first  settler  on  the  Ohio,  in  Kentucky ;  built  "  Red  Stone 
Old  Fort,"  where  Brownsville  stands,  for  many  years 
a  stronghold  of  safety  for  settlers.  He  was  Captain  of  a 
rifle  company  in  the  Continental  Army  before  Boston, 
and  served  as  a  Captain  under  command  of  Lord  Dun- 
more  in  an  expedition  against  the  Indians,  in  which  he 
eminently  distinguished  himself.  He  was  buried  with 
military  honors  in  Trinity  Churchyard,  New  York. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  GEORGIAN  A  C.  ORD  HOLLADAY,  first 
Vice-Regent  of  Sequoia  Chapter  D.  A.  R.  of  San  Francisco. 

Earth  from  the  grave  of  General  Daniel  Morgan,  in  the 
Presbyterian  graveyard  at  Winchester,  Va.,  who  died 
July  6,  1802,  in  the  67th  year  of  his  age.  The  military 
history  of  this  brave  commander  of  the  celebrated  rifle 
corps  is  well  known.  He  was  called  the  "  Thunderbolt 
of  War," — this  brave  Morgan,  who  never  knew  fear. 

—  Contributed  by  Miss  MILDRED  O.  MATHES,  Dolly  Madison 
Chapter,  No.  2,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Earth  from  Wyoming  Battle-field  and  Monument. 

—  Contributed  by  MRS.  CLARA  RANDLE  SPEERS,  Dolly  Madi- 
son Chapter,  No.  2,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Earth  from  the  grave  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Peleg  Slade, 
Swansea,  Mass. 

—  Contributed    by   his  great-grandson,     WILLIAM   SEWARD 
FRANKLIN,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


The  silver  trowel  used  in  depositing  the  earth  was 
presented  by  Mrs.  NATHAN  W.  BLANCHARD,  of  Santa  Paula, 
Cal.  The  handle  is  of  wood  from  the  branch  of  a  tree  at 
Mount  Vernon,  planted  during  Washington's  time. 


32  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 


SONG   OF   THE   LIBERTY   TREE. 

Dolly  Madison  Chapter,  No.  2,  D,  A.  R.,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  to  Sequoia 
Chapter,  of  San  JFrancisco,  Cal., — Greeting: 


See  the  flaunting  flags  and  pennants 
In  the  toying  winds  released; 

See  the  people  crowding,  crowding 
From  the  North  and  South  and  East — 

From  the  nation's  mighty  highways, 
As  to  fete  or  nuptial  feast! 


For,  beside  the  foam-flecked  billows 
Where  the  Western  gates  unfold, 

Swinging  wide  that  there  may  enter 
All  the  sunlight's  slanted  gold  — 

In  this  wonderland  of  Promise 
Lo,  a  carnival  we  hold! 

Carnival  of  peace  perpetual, 
Love's  triumphant  jubilee; 

And  as  pledge  to  unborn  cycles 
Deep  we  plant  this  slender  tree, 

Consecrating  leaves  and  branches 
With  the  legend  "  Liberty." 

Count  thyself,  O  proud  Sequoia! 

Blessed  above  the  forest  vast, 
For  we  give  safe  in  thy  keeping 

All  the  record  of  the  past, 
Of  the  days  when  England  trembled 

At  the  patriots'  trumpet  blast. 


For  although  thy  stem  is  reaching 
Upward  in  the  azure  glow, 

And  thy  arms  point  down  the  future 
Where  the  star-eyed  blossoms  blow, 

Deep  thy  roots  strike  in  the  ashes 
Of  the  storied  Long  Ago. 

Ashes— of  the  old-time  splendor 
When  our  fathers  conquered  Might; 

Dust— of  heroes  brave  who  perished 
Nobly  striving  for  the  right,— 

Gathered  from  far  fields  of  battle 
Where  the  war  star  glittered  bright. 


SONG    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE.  33 

Gathered  that  Columbia's  daughter 

Born  beside  the  Western  sea, 
Might  have  share  in  all  our  glory 

As  she  shares  our  loyalty, 
And  in  soil  by  heroes  hallowed 

Set  her  sign  of  fealty. 


Round  thee,  O  thou  forest  giant ! 

Brooding  memories  ever  throng ; 
Martial  echoes  haunt  thy  branches 

With  an  unforgotten  song 
Drawn  up  through  the  golden  sunlight 

From  the  dust  that  slumbered  long. 

For  each  clod  that  feeds  thy  fibers 
As  thou  climbest  to  the  sun 

Holds  its  story  of  a  struggle 
When  the  Nation's  life  begun. 

List,  O  world,  and  hear  the  branches 
Sing  the  deeds  of  valor  done! 


Faint  at  first,  like  prelude  swelling 
From  the  tree's  green  ambuscade, 

Sweeping  grandly  from  the  old  days 
Comes  the  furious  fusillade, 

When  on  Lexington's  broad  common 
Was  unsheathed  the  first  red  blade. 


Songs  of  Trenton  and  of  Princeton 
Other  limbs  are  chanting  shrill; 

Rapturous  roar  from  Saratoga 
Which  nor  time  nor  space  can  still 

Blend  with  requiems  for  the  fallen 
Stricken  low  on  Bunker  Hill. 


Here,  a  bough  is  telling  over 

How  McDowell's  gallant  line, 
With  a  fortitude  unfailing, 

Climbed  King's  Mountain's  steep  incline; 
There,  another  whispers  alway 

Of  historic  Brandywine. 


Hark!  from  that  green  twig  that  dances 

High  up  in  the  glinting  sun 
Marion's  bugle-horn  is  winding 

O'er  the  fields  his  valor  won; 
While  from  yon  branch,  downward  drooping, 

Booms  Moll  Pitcher's  trusty  gun. 


34  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

Higher  yet  a  bough  is  reaching 
Like  a  banner  brave  and  bright, 

Tossing  all  its  glancing  tendrils 
In  the  sea  of  crystal  light, 

Chanting  Yorktown's  crowning  triumph 
With  a  cry  of  glad  delight. 


Oh,  each  branch  has  caught  its  story 
From  the  dust  its  roots  among, 

And  aroused  by  wind-blown  kisses 
All  the  tree  wakes  into  song, 

Shouting  psalms  to  Peace  and  Freedom, 
Which  the  flying  winds  prolong. 


And  the  anthem  upward  swelling 
Seems  like  twilight  hymn  of  rest 

To  the  love-birds  who  have  builded 
On  the  topmost  bough  their  nest — 

Coo  of  doves  half  drown  the  war-cries 
On  the  slender,  swaying  crest. 


O  ye  boughs  that  hold  in  keeping 
Fame  of  many  a  hard-fought  fray ! 

Ye  shall  lift  the  story  upward 
Till  the  stars  their  homage  pay — 

Drooping  low  their  golden  torches 
Where  the  darkness  meets  the  day. 


Tree  of  Liberty  thus  planted 

In  the  soil  where  patriots  trod, 
Thou  shalt  blossom  through  the  ages, 

Like  the  prophet's  wondrous  rod: 
As  a  covenant  majestic 

Stand  thou  twixt  our  souls  and  God! 

SARA  BEAUMONT  KENNEDY. 
Memphis,  Tenn. 


[TRANSLATION.] 


J.  OLLIVIER  BEAUREGARD 

Successeur  de  M.  J.  Marechal 

101  Rue  de  Lille 


PARIS,  January  8,  1894. 

I,  undersigned,  Mandatory  of  the  Pro- 
prietors of  the  Oratory  of  Picpus  and  of 
the  Cemetery  of  Picpus,  hereby  authorize 
Mr.  Paul  Desormeaux,  Surveyor-General  of 
the  Cemeteries  of  the  City  of  Paris,  to  take 
from  the  tomb  of  General  Lafayette  the 
quantity  of  earth  which  he  will  deem 
necessary  to  be  forwarded  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, to  the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  for  the  purpose 
of  planting  therein  a  Liberty  Tree,  con- 
secrated to  the  heroes  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

The  Guardian  of  the  Cemetery  is  here- 
by authorized  to  allow  the  taking  and 
removal  of  the  said  earth. 

[SIGNED]       J.  0.  BEAUREGARD. 


[TRANSLATION.] 

R^publique  Frangaise 
Libert^  •  Egalite"  •  Fraternite 

Prefecture  du  De"partement  de  la  Seine 

Direction  des  Affaires  Municipales 

2e  Division  —  2e  Bureau 


This  twentieth  day  of  January,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-four,  at  ten  o'clock 
A.  M.,  at  the  Cemetery  of  Picpus,  Picpus  street, 
No.  35,  Paris,  with  the  authorization  of  Mr.  Beau- 
regard,  Mandatory  of  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Cemetery  of  Picpus;  in  the  presence  of  Mr.  de 
Corcelles,  representing  the  family  of  General  de 
Lafayette,  and  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Paul 
Desormeaux,  Surveyor-General  of  the  Cemeteries 
of  the  City  of  Paris,  delegated  to  that  effect  by 
the  Prefect  of  the  Department  of  the  Seine,  there 
was  taken  from  the  sepulchre  of  General  de 
Lafayette  a  quantity  of  earth,  which  was  placed 
in  a  metallic  casket ;  the  same  was  there  and 
then  closed  and  sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  City 
of  Paris.  The  casket  was  then  placed  in  a  wood- 
en box,  to  be  forwarded  to  the  Consul  of  France 
at  San  Francisco,  under  the  care  of  the  Minister 
of  the  Interior. 

In  witness  thereof  have  signed  : 

[SIGNED]      CORCELLES,  DESORMEAUX. 


PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE.  37 


PLANTING  THE  LIBERTY  TREE. 

BY  HELEN  SATTEBLEE  FRENCH. 

As  when,  adown  some  lofty  glittering  height, 
Jeweled  with  glaciers,  the  rushing  rills 

In  sunlit  shade  or  softly  shadowed  light 
Blend  in  one  stream  that  all  the  mighty  chasm  fills 
While  virgin  forests  ring  and  trembling  echo  thrills — 

Sprung  from  one  fountain,  nourished  at  one  heart, 

Leaping,  as  children  at  one  mother's  side, 
Until  some  granite  island  cleaves  apart 

The  noble  stream  whose  foaming  waves  divide, 

Forgetful  of  the  ties  that  once  allied — 

With  angry  babbling,  and  with  ominous  roar, 
Fated  to  follow  down  the  earth's  resistless  trend, 

Predestined,  after  the  mad  strife  is  o'er, 
In  sacred  Union  never  more  to  end 
Again  in  one  vast  glorious  surge  to  blend — 

So  fared  our  Nation.    Thus  came  Cavalier, 

Exile,  and  stalwart  Puritan,  each  urged 
On  by  a  mighty  impulse,  dominant,  sincere. 

Diverse  in  custom,  lineage,  and  creed,  they  merged 

All  in  one  bloody  baptism,  while  surged 

Red  waves  of  war,  billows  of  patriot  blood, 
Until,  victorious  o'er  the  Tyrant's  hireling  horde, 

Those  billows  overwhelmed  them  as  a  flood, 
While  conquering  heroes,  sheathing  the  triumphant  sword, 
"Glory  unto  the  Lord  of  Hosts,"  proclaimed  with  one  accord. 

Thus,  ere  the  century  had  grown  ripe  and  old, 
One  frowning  Rock  arose  and  barred  the  way. 

Oh!  let  not  here  that  history  be  told, 
How  fierce  the  struggle,  deadly  the  affray — 
Alas!  that  haunting  dream !  that  mournful  day! 

A  mightier  Will  than  will  of  mortal  man, 

A  Voice,  whom  angry  seas  of  old  obeyed, 
Spake,  "  Peace !    Ye  dare  not  thwart  the  Eternal  Plan," 

And,  on  that  barrier  His  Rod  He  laid; 

It  sank  from  sight ;  the  stream  one  channel  made. 

And  while  we  now  stand  by  the  Occident  Shore, 
Warm  in  every  vein,  tumultuously  thrilling, 

Runs  the  patriot  blood  of  our  sires  of  yore, 
While  we  ponder  the  lesson  they  died  instilling— 


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38  PLANTING    OF    THE    LIBERTY    TREE. 

We  raise  here  no  altar  to  human  pride, 
We  pour  out  the  wine  of  no  vain  oblation; 

While  we  chant  the  glory  of  those  who  died 
Let  us  live  our  lives  for  the  Life  of  the  Nation — 

While  in  names  of  our  fathers  we  firmly  stand 
For  laws  that  to  all  yield  a  swift  redress — 

Guard  our  children's  rights  from  an  alien  band — 
Grant  a  purer  People  a  purer  Press — 


Then  what  shall  we  plant  for  our  Liberty  Tree? 
Oh !  say  what  our  symbol  of  Freedom  shall  be ! 
Shall  Southern  Palmetto  or  Pine  of  the  North 
Bear  our  Standard  of  Liberty  now  and  henceforth  f 

Let  its  roots  lie  deep  in  the  mountain's  breast; 
It  must  tower  like  a  monarch  above  the  rest ; 
Till  it  counts  its  cycles  where  men  count  years ; 
It  must  stand  till  the  Prince  of  Peace  appears. 

The  Palmetto  quivers  and  droops  her  head  ; 
The  Pine-Tree  shivers  and  stands  as  dead ; 
Thou  alone,  finite  type  of  infinity, 
Sequoia,  we  hail  Thee  our  Liberty  Tree— 

You  have  heard  how  they  cast  our  Liberty  Bell 
And  the  Nation  murmured,  'Tis  well!  'tis  well ! 
Let  them  give  of  their  best,  both  of  silver  and  gold, 
As  they  gave  in  Colonial  Days  of  Old. 

But  a  nobler  type  is  this  living  Tree, 
For  a  growing  thing  should  our  emblem  be 
That  incorporates  into  its  tissue  and  food 
All  grosser  things  and  makes  them  good. 

And,  lifting  them  up  to  a  higher  plane 

Adds  a  sweeter  note  to  the  grand  refrain. 

In  thy  branches  shelter  the  nesting-birds 

While  the  winds  sing  ever  their  songs  without  words. 

We  welcome  the  lesson,  dear  Country  of  ours, 
That,  from  Nature's  decay  spring  her  loveliest  flowers, 
And,  though  lowly  and  ignorant,  poor  and  oppressed, 
We  fear  not  earth's  millions  that  seek  here  for  rest. 

Let  their  strong  life  thrill  in  thy  branch  and  leaf  ; 
Lift  them  up  from  bondage,  and  shame,  and  grief; 
In  thy  nobler  part,  they  shall  share  at  length, 
And  gratefully  yield  thee  their  cruder  strength. 

O  Liberty  Tree !  was  Thy  Day  foretold 

By  the  Seer  of  Patmos  in  days  of  old  ? 

Are  Thy  healing  leaves  for  the  earth's  deep  grief? 

Is  Thy  balm  distilled  for  a  world's  relief? 


PLANTING    OP    THE    LIBERTY    TREE.  39 

Then  rise,  Sequoia !  from  low  estate, 

Till  you  look  on  the  Ocean,  the  Golden  Gate ! 

For  never  grew  Tree  so  grandly  fed 

From  the  mingled  dust  of  a  Nation's  Dead ! 


Then  come  to  the  Planting !    Shall  we  bid  you  in  vain  T 
Bring  the  sacred  dust  that  you  guard  in  your  border ! 

From  Plymouth,  or  Richmond,  Savannah,  or  Maine. 
Sequoia  shall  stand  here  henceforward  as  warder. 

O  Lexington !  spare  but  a  handful  of  earth 

From  that  sacred  field  of  song  and  story 
When  re-incarnated  Freedom  found  birth 

And  the  Page  of  our  History  glows  with  glory. 

Was  it  true?  that  weird  legend  a  Hawthorne  told 

On  that  April  Morning  so  long  ago  ? 
How  a  Champion  Gray  in  quaint  dress  of  old 

From  his  cerements  rose  to  confront  the  foe 

As  he  faced  the  Andros  long  before, 

Till  the  craven  shrunk  appalled  away  ? 
That  at  Freedom's  call  he  will  walk  once  more  ? 

Then  welcome !  O  Champion  !  Rise  to-day ! ! 

And  you,  O  Monseigneur !  most  honored  guest ! 

Consul  of  France,  whose  presence  crowns  our  day ! 
Take  not  our  words  alone,  but  what  is  unexpressed 

Lest  language  fail  our  feeling  to  convey — 

Tell  her— oh !  tell  the  Land  of  Lafayette, 

We  send  her  greeting  from  our  sunset  sea ; 
Tell  her — Columbia  never  can  forget 

Her  priceless  gift,  her  ancient  sympathy. 

Tell  her — oh !  tell  the  Land  of  Lafayette 

This  precious  dust  we  deem  a  holy  thing, 
And  that,  perchance,  around  it  lingers  yet 

Some  sacred  spark,  some  influence  doth  cling. 

Then,  should  a  later  age  unworthy  grow. 
Let  danger  threaten  or  should  friends  forsake, 

Again,  in  hour  of  peril  meet  our  foe, 
O  precious  dust  of  Lafayette !  awake ! 

Until,  beside  the  Nation's  eastern  porch 

Where  stands  Bartholdi's  Statue,  cherished  gift  of  France, 
Shall  flame  triumphant,  Freedom's  deathless  torch, 

Lighting  the  stately  progress  of  the  World's  Advance! ! 


SACRED  TO  THE  LIBERTY  AND  THE  RIGHTS  OF  MANKIND!!! 

THE  FREEDOM  AND  INDEPENDENCE  OF  AMERICA, 
SEALED  AND  DEFENDED  WITH  THE  BLOOD  OF  HER  SONS. 

THIS  MONUMENT  is  ERECTED 

BY  THE  INHABITANTS  OF  LEXINGTON, 

UNDER  THE  PATRONAGE  AND  AT  THE  EXPENSE  OF 

THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS, 

TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  THEIR  FELLOW  CITIZENS, 

ENSIGN  ROBERT  MONROE,  AND  MESSRS.  JONAS  PARKER, 

SAMUEL  HADLEY,  JONATHAN  HARRINGTON,  JUNR., 
ISAAC  MUZZY,  CALEB  HARRINGTON,  AND  JOHN  BROWN, 

OF  LEXINGTON,  AND  ASAHEL  PORTER,  OF  WOBURN, 

WHO  FELL  ON  THIS  FIELD,  THE  FIRST  VICTIMS  TO  THE 

SWORD  OF  BRITISH  TYRANNY  AND  OPPRESSION, 

ON  THE  MORNING  OF  THE  EVER  MEMORABLE 

NINETEENTH  OF  APRIL,  AN.  DOM.  1775. 

THE  DIE  WAS  CAST  ! ! ! 

THE  BLOOD  OF  THESE  MARTYRS 

IN  THE  CAUSE  OF  GOD  AND  THEIR  COUNTRY 

WAS  THE  CEMENT  OF  THE  UNION  OF  THE  STATES,  THEN 

COLONIES,  AND  GAVE  THE  SPRING  TO  THE  SPIRIT,  FIRMNESS, 

AND  RESOLUTION  OF  THEIR  FELLOW  CITIZENS. 

THEY  ROSE  AS  ONE  MAN  TO  REVENGE  THEIR  BRETHREN'S 

BLOOD,  AND  AT  THE  POINT  OF  THE  SWORD  TO  ASSERT  AND 

DEFEND  THEIR  NATIVE  RIGHTS. 

THEY  NOBLY  DARED  TO  BE  FREE  ! ! 

THE  CONTEST  WAS  LONG,  BLOODY,  AND  AFFECTING. 
RIGHTEOUS  HEAVEN  APPROVED  THE  SOLEMN  APPEAL; 

VICTORY  CROWNED  THEIR  ARMS;  AND 

THE  PEACE,  LIBERTY,  AND  INDEPENDENCE  OF  THE  UNITED 

STATES  OF  AMERICA  WAS  THEIR  GLORIOUS  REWARD. 

INSCRIPTION     ON     THE     LEXINGTON      MONUMENT. 


3    I 

X         H 

o     3 


HERE 

ON  THE  19  OP  APRIL 
1775 

WAS    MADE 

THE  FIRST  FORCIBLE  RESISTANCE 

TO  BRITISH  AGGRESSION. 

ON  THE  OPPOSITE  BANK 

STOOD  THE  AMERICAN  MILITIA. 

HERE  STOOD  THE  INVADING  ARMY, 

AND  ON  THIS  SPOT 

THE  FlRST  OF  THE  ENEMY  FELL, 

IN  THE  WAR  OF  THAT  REVOLUTION 

WHICH  GAVE 

INDEPENDENCE 

TO  THESE  UNITED  STATES. 

IN  GRATITUDE  TO  GOD, 

AND 

IN  THE  LOVE  OF  FREEDOM, 

THIS  MONUMENT 

WAS  ERECTED 

A.  D.  1836. 


INSCRIPTION    ON    THE    OLD    MONUMENT  AT  THK 
NORTH    BRIDGE,  CONCORD. 


- 

<Sr  &  THE  TOWN  OF  ACTON  ^ 

CO-OPEBATING  TO  PERPETUATE  THE  FAME 
OF  GLORIOUS  DEEDS  OF  PATRIOTISM  HAVE 
ERECTED  THIS  MONUMENT  IN  HONOR  OF 

CAPT.  ISAAC   DAVIS 

&  PRIVATES  ABNER  HOSMER  &  JAMES  HAYWARD 

CITIZEN  SOLDIERS  OF  ACTON  &  PROVINCIAL  MINUTE 

MEN  WHO  FELL  IN  CONCORD  FIGHT  THE  19ra  OF  APRIL 

A.  D.  1775 

ON  THE  MORNING  OF  THAT  EVENTFUL  DAY 
THE  PROVINCIAL  OFFICERS  HELD  A  COUNCIL  OF 

WAR  NEAR  THE  OLD  NORTH  BRIDGE  IN 
CONCORD  &  AS  THEY  SEPARATED  DAVIS  EXCLAIMED 

"  I  HAVE  N'T  A  MAN  THAT  IS  AFRAID  TO  GO  " 

&  IMMEDIATELY   MARCHED   HIS    COMPANY    FROM   THE 

LEFT  TO  THE  RIGHT  OF  THE  LINE  &  LED  IN  THIS 

FIRST  ORGANIZED  ATTACK  UPON  THE 

TROOPS  OF  GEORGE  III.  IN  THAT  MEMORABLE  WAR 

WHICH  BY  THE  HELP  OF  GOD  MADE  THE 

THIRTEEN  COLONIES  INDEPENDENT  OF  GREAT 

BRITAIN  &  GAVE  POLITICAL  BEING  TO  THE 

UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

ACTON  AP.  19TH  1851 


INSCBIPTION     ON     THE     ACTON     MONUMENT. 


ACTON     MOXl'MKNT. 

To  THE  MEMORY  OF  CAPT.  ISAAC  DAVIS  AND  PRIVATES  ABNER  HOSMER^  AND  JAMES  HAYWARD, 
WHO  FELL  IN  CONCORD  FIGHT,  APRIL  19,  1775. 


Sequoia  Chapter 


OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 


of  tfee  Hmerican  "Revolution 


December  10,  1801 


MRS.  HENRY  MCLEAN  MARTIN      MRS.  LELAND  STANFORD 

Honorary  Regent  Honorary  Regent 

MRS.  A.  S.  HUBBARD 

State  Regent 


Officers  of  Sequoia  Cbapter 

Appointed  December  10,  1891. 


MARY  E.  ALVORD, Regent 

GEORGIANA  C.  ORD  HOLLADAY, Vice-Regent 

L.  E.  A.  HORSBURGH,  ....     Corresponding  Secretary 
MATTIE  SPOTTS  BLAKEMAN,  ....  Recording  Secretary 

FANNY  M.  SMEDBERG, Treasurer 

S.  ISABELLE  HUBBARD, Registrar 

MARY  LYNDE  HOFFMAN, -.     .      Historian 


3Boar&  ot  /iDanaaement 

MARY  E.  ALVORD,  MART  L.  HOFFMAN, 

GEORGUANA  C.  O.  HOLLADAY,  HELEN  SATTERLEE  FRENCH, 

L.  E.  A.  HORSBURQH,  LEONTINE  SPOTTS  KEENEY, 

MATTIE  S.  BLAKEMAN,  ELLEN  M.  COLTON, 

FANNY  M.  SMEDBERO,  MARION  SATTERLEE  THOMPSON, 

S.  ISABELLE  HUBBARD,  EMILY  SAWYER  MOORE, 
HELEN  C.  THORNTON. 


©fffcers  of  Sequoia  Cbapter 

Elected  October  11,  1892. 


MARY  E.  ALVORD, Regent 

GEORGIANA  C.  ORD  HOLLADAY, Vice-Regent 

L.  E.  A.  HORSBURGH,  !„.'..     Corresponding  Secretary 

ALMA  PRISCILLA  ALDEN, Recording  Secretary 

MATTIE  SPOTTS  BLAKEMAN,  . Treasurer 

S.  ISABELLE  HUBBARD, Registrar 

MARY  LYNDE  CRAIG, Historian 

CORNELIA  ARMSTEAD  CRUX,  Delegate  to  Continental  Congress 

36oart>  of  /iDanagement 

MARY  E.  ALVORD,  MABY  LYNDE  CRAIG, 

GEORGIANA  C.  O.  HOLLADAY,  HELEN  SATTERLEE  FRENCH, 

L.  E.  A.  HORSBURGH,  LEONTINE  SPOTTS  KEENEY, 

ALMA  PRISCILLA  ALDEN,  ELLEN  M.  COLTON, 

MATTIE  SPOTTS  BLAKEMAN,  ADELE  CHRETIEN, 

S.  ISABELLE  HUBBARD,  HELEN  C.  THORNTON, 
FLORENCE  C.  MOORE. 


State  ©fficers,  1893*94 


Mrs.  LELAND  STANFORD, 

.     .    .     .  Honorary  Vice-President  National  Society 

Mrs.  VIRGINIA  KNOX  MADDOX,  ....  State  Regent 
Mrs.  WILLIAM  ALVORD,  ....  Honorary  State  Regent 
Mrs.  DAVID  D.  COLTON,  ....  Honorary  State  Regent 
Mrs.  A.  S.  HUBBARD,  .  Delegate  to  Continental  Congress 


©fffcers  of  Sequoia  Chapter 


FANNY  WATTS  BANCROFT, Regent 

ELLEN  MERRILL  WETHERBEE, Vice-Regent 

ALMA  PRISCILLA  ALDEN, Recording  Secretary 

ADELE  CHRETIEN, Corresponding  Secretary 

ELIZABETH  M.  JONES, Treasurer 

MARY  M.  BRANCH, Registrar 

ELLEN  STONE  BAKER, Historian 

3Boar&  of  /IDanaoement 

FANNY  WATTS  BANCROFT,  ELLEN  STONE  BAKER, 

ELLEN  MERRILL  WETHERBEE,  G.  C.  ORD  HOLLADAY, 

ALMA  PRISCILLA  ALDEN,  LEONTINE  S.  KEENEY, 

ADELE  CHRETIEN,  MATTIE  S.  BLAKEMAN, 

ELIZABETH  M.  JONES,  L.  E.  A.  HORSBUROH, 

MARY  M.  BRANCH,  ELIZA  S.  TALLANT, 
HELEN  C.  THORNTON. 


ALVOBD,  Mra.  WM. 
ALDEN,  Miss  ALMA  P. 
BLAKEMAN,  Mrs.  T.  Z. 
BLACKWELL,  Mrs.  WM.  E. 
BIDWELL,  Mrs.  JOHN 
BAKER,  Mrs.  L.  L. 
BRANCH,  Mrs.  L.  C. 
BLANCHARD,  Mrs.  N.  W. 
BANCROFT,  Mrs.  A.  L. 
BARSTOW,  Mrs.  EMILY  E. 
BROWN,  Mrs.  CYRUS  E. 
CRAIG,  Mrs.  SCIPIO 
COLTON,  Mrs.  DAVID  D. 
CRUX,  Mrs.  GEORGH  A. 
CHIPMAN,  Miss  FANNIE  J. 
CHIPMAN,  Miss  ALICE  M. 
CHRETIEN,  Mrs.  J.  M. 
CHURCH,  Mrs.  THOMAS  R. 
CARR,  Mrs.  WM.  B. 
FRENCH,  Mrs.  FRANK  J. 
FERNALD,  Mrs.  CHARLES 
FARNHAM,  Mrs.  CHARLES  W. 
GOODRICH,  Mrs.  S.  L.  KNOX 
GOODSELL,  Mrs.  D.  C.  M.* 
HOLLADAY,  Mrs.  S.  W. 

HOLLADAY,   MlSS  LOUISE  O. 

HEWES,  Mrs.  DAVID* 
HORSBURGH.  Mrs.  D.  W. 
HUBBARD,  Mrs.  A.  S. 
JONES,  Miss  ELIZABETH  M. 
JOUETT,  Mrs.  C.  H. 
KEENEY,  Mrs.  CHARLES  M. 


LYNDE,  Mrs.  NANCY  M. 
LUSSON,  Mrs.  P.  M. 
MOORE,  Mrs.  J.  W. 
MOORE,  Mrs.  ALFRED  S. 
MOORE,  Mrs.  ARTHUR  W. 
MclvER,  Mrs.  GEO.  W. 
MARTIN,  Mrs.  HENRY  MCLEAN 
MADDOX,  Mrs.  VIRGINIA  KNOX 
MADDUX,  Mrs.  J.  L. 
MADDUX,  Miss  L.  L. 
MOODY,  Mrs.  JOSEPH  L. 
NOBLE,  Miss  FLORIDE 
OLNEY,  Miss  ELEANOR  D. 
STANFORD,  Mrs.  LELAND 
SMEDBERG,  Mrs.  WILLIAM  R. 
SMEDBERG,  Miss  CORA 
SARGENT,  Mrs.  A.  A. 
STAPLES,  Mrs.  D.  J. 
SEWALL,  Mrs.  HAROLD  M. 
THORNTON,  Mrs.  CRITTENDEN 
THOMPSON,  Mrs.  THOMAS  L. 
TURRILL,  Mrs.  MARY  H.  S. 
TRIPP,  Mrs.  JOSEPH 
TALIAFERRO,  Miss  MARY  C. 
TALLANT,  Mrs.  JOHN  D. 
VAN  WYCK,  Mrs.  S.  M. 
VAN  WYCK,  Miss  CLARA  C. 
WRIGHT,  Mrs.  SELDEN  S. 
WETHERBEE,  Mrs.  HENRY 
WILLIAMS,  Mrs.  EDWARD 
WARDWELL,  Mrs.  E.  M. 


Deceased. 


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